Reviews
"In this historical novel, [Beaumont and St. Martin] become entwined in each other's lives medically, financially and even legally. Karlawish sketchestheir fraught relationship in the ensuing decades artfully, with clear relevance to the ethical questions of modern medicine." -Kristen Gerencher, Wall Street Journal Marketwatch, "...an excellent work of fiction with the power to illuminate difficult ethical issues." - Noah Raizman, The Lancet, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. ...And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish's marvelous new book Open Wound ." -Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times, "...this novel is great food for thought about the ongoing issues of informed consent and the hazards of financial incentives in the field of medical research." --Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, MPH, JAMA, "In this historical novel, [Beaumont and St. Martin] become entwined in each other's lives medically, financially and even legally. Karlawish sketches their fraught relationship in the ensuing decades artfully, with clear relevance to the ethical questions of modern medicine." -Kristen Gerencher, Wall Street Journal Marketwatch, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. …And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish's marvelous new book Open Wound ." -Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times, "...an excellent work of fiction with the power to illuminate difficult ethical issues." --Noah Raizman, The Lancet, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. …And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish's marvelous new book Open Wound ." --- Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times, "...an excellent work of fiction with the power to illuminate difficult ethical issues." -Noah Raizman, The Lancet, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. ...And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish''s marvelous new book Open Wound ." Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times, "In this historical novel, [Beaumont and St. Martin] become entwined in each other's lives medically, financially and even legally. Karlawish sketches their fraught relationship in the ensuing decades artfully, with clear relevance to the ethical questions of modern medicine." --Kristen Gerencher, Wall Street Journal Marketwatch, "...this novel is great food for thought about the ongoing issues of informed consent and the hazards of financial incentives in the field of medical research." -Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, MPH, JAMA, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. ...And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish's marvelous new book Open Wound ." --Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times, "I recommend this well-written and fascinating book to anyone interested in early medicine." -Susan Zabolotny, The Historical Novels Review, "In this historical novel, [Beaumont and St. Martin] become entwined in each other's lives medically, financially and even legally. Karlawish sketches their fraught relationship in the ensuing decades artfully, with clear relevance to the ethical questions of modern medicine." --- Kristen Gerencher, Wall Street Journal Marketwatch, "I recommend this well-written and fascinating book to anyone interested in early medicine." --Susan Zabolotny, The Historical Novels Review, "The relationship between doctor and patient is hard enough to parse when both are in the same room. ...And of the gallons of ink spilled over the centuries in attempts at clarification, few efforts in recent memory lay out the frustrations and confusions and crystalline moments of grace better than Dr. Jason Karlawish's marvelous new book Open Wound ." --- Abigail Zuger, M.D., New York Times
